[ Featuring Tom Francis, Andrew Lloyd Webber ]
[NORMA DESMOND]
Just a minute
Did you say you were a writer?
[JOE GILLIS]
That's what it says on my Guild card
[NORMA DESMOND]
Then you've written pictures?
[JOE GILLIS]
I sure have, would you like to see my credits?
[NORMA DESMOND]
Come over here, I wanna ask you something
What sort of length is a movie script these days?
[JOE GILLIS]
Depends
[NORMA DESMOND]
I wrote this
It's a very important picture
[JOE GILLIS]
Looks like six very important pictures
[NORMA DESMOND]
It's for DeMille to direct
[JOE GILLIS]
Oh, yeah? Will you be in it?
[NORMA DESMOND]
Of course, what do you think?
[JOE GILLIS]
I was just asking
I didn't know you were planning a comeback
[NORMA DESMOND]
I hate that word
It's a return
[JOE GILLIS]
Well, fair enough
[NORMA DESMOND]
I want you to read it
[JOE GILLIS]
You shouldn't let another writer read your stuff
He may steal it
[NORMA DESMOND]
I'm not afraid
Sit down
Max, bring something to drink
[MAX VON MAYERLING]
Yes, Madam
[NORMA DESMOND]
I said sit down
It's about-